Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Rebecca Front
With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite English Tone Painting; Artist of the Week: pianist Mikhail Pletnev. Tchaikovsky: Concert Suite (The Nutcracker). Haydn: Variations in F minor.
9am
My favourite...English tone painting. Rob chooses colourful pieces by five English composers, some sketching a musical idea of springtime, from Delius's famous cuckoo to less well known works such as April-England by John Foulds and Frank Bridge's Enter Spring.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you remember the television show that featured this piece of classical music?
10am
Rob's guest is the actress, comedian, writer and presenter Rebecca Front. Rebecca has recently played the scheming Anna Mikhailovna in the 91热爆's adaptation of War and Peace and starred in Julian Fellowes' latest period drama Doctor Thorne. She made her name in satirical shows such as The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge, and The Thick of It, for which she won a BAFTA. Other roles include Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in Lewis and Mrs Bennet in Death Comes to Pemberley. Rebecca will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10:30am
Music in Time: Medieval
Rob places Music in Time as he explores the poetry that Medieval French composers set to music, with subjects ranging from royal occasions and political commentary to religious devotion and courtly love.
11am
Artist of the week. This week Rob features the pianistic skills of the multi-talented Russian musician Mikhail Pletnev. Pletnev burst onto the musical scene in 1978 when he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. His colossal technique and vivid interpretations led to worldwide acclaim as a pianist, while he also built a career as a conductor. Rob presents a showcase of his recordings, including concertos by Haydn and Beethoven, and sonatas by Chopin and Scriabin.
Tchaikovsky arr. Pletnev
Concert Suite from 'The Nutcracker'
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Haydn
Variations in F minor Hob XVII:6
Mikhail Pletnev (piano).
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: MIKHAIL PLETNEV
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
La vision (The Sleeping Beauty)
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.- PHILIPS.
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Gottfried Finger
Suite in G minor, 鈥楩arewell鈥
Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Roy Goodman.- HYPERION.
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MY FAVOURITE...ENGLISH TONE PAINTING
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Frank Bridge
Enter Spring
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- HALLE.
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John Jenkins
Fantasy 脿 5 No 16 in D major
Ensemble: Fretwork.- VIRGIN.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op.167
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- CHANDOS.
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Jean Sibelius
At the Castle Gate; Entr'acte (Pell茅as et M茅lisande)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- BIS.
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REBECCA FRONT'S CHOICE NO.1
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John Williams
Theme from Schindler's List
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- MCA.
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REBECCA FRONT'S CHOICE NO.2
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Henry Purcell
Three movements from Come, ye sons of art
Singer: Michael Chance. Singer: Stephen Richardson. Choir: Choir of the English Concert. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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Franz Liszt
Romance oubliee
Performer: Michael Massong. Performer: Tomoko Sawano. Music Arranger: Thomas B枚ttcher.- MDG.
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MUSIC IN TIME: MEDIEVAL
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Servant regem/O Philippe
Composer: Philippe de Vitry. Choir: Orlando Consort.- AMON RA.
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Floret cum vana gloria/Florens vigor
Composer: Philippe de Vitry. Choir: Orlando Consort.- AMON RA.
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Philippe de Vitry
Vos quied admiramini - Gratissima viginis species
Music Arranger: Robert Harre-Jones. Choir: Orlando Consort.- AMON RA.
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Douce playsence/Garison selon nature
Composer: Philippe de Vitry. Choir: Orlando Consort.- AMON RA.
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Malcolm Arnold
Serenade for guitar and strings, Op 50
Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in B flat major, K.269
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: James Levine.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Water music suite in D major HWV.350 (Trumpet minuet)
Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Water Music: The English Concert/Pinnock.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: MIKHAIL PLETNEV
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concert Suite from 鈥楾he Nutcracker鈥
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev. Music Arranger: 袦懈褏邪懈谢 袩谢械褌薪褢胁.- PHILIPS.
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Claude Debussy
Printemps
Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Swiss Romande Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.- DECCA.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: MIKHAIL PLETNEV
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Joseph Haydn
Variations in F minor, H XVII 6
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances, Op 59
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- CHANDOS.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: MIKHAIL PLETNEV
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
April and May (The Seasons)
Performer: 袦懈褏邪懈谢 袩谢械褌薪褢胁.- PHILIPS.
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Heard on Screen
The answer: At the castle gate by Sibelius is the title music for the TV series The Sky at Night
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The music played:
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Pelleas et Melisande: At the castle gate
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 410 0262
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- Wed 6 Apr 2016 09:0091热爆 Radio 3